The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-17
FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO.
NINE HUNDRED MILLION PERSONS
USE THE WEED.

ILIl0OANS
USE THE WEED.
Tremendous Fortunes Invested in Its
Manufacture-Nearly Half Million
Dollars Day Burned Up in Ci-
gars in this Country.
". l.. Smith IN tile Baltimore american.
Tobacco, introduced into Europe
by Gonzalo Hernandez de Oviedo
about 1926 years ago, has now become
an important article Of commerce.
In this country its cultivation, man.
ufacture and sale haye so rapidly in
creased as to have already attained
mammoth proportions.
At least l,20O,000,000 pounds of
tobacco are annually produced to
supply the demand Of 900,0OO,00O of
the earth's population addicted to its
use. 1t would seem that out of ev-
cry 100 persons in England, France
and Russia 5 are habitual users Of to-
bacco, in Italy 7, in Cuba II, in Au.
stria IA, in Germany and North
America Is, in Belgium "a, and in
Holland 28. In Mexico nearly ev-
ery one smokes. There school chill
dren who have done best in their
studies are frequently rewarded by
being allowed to smoke cigar du.
ring school hours.
In the year 1877 the area under TO
bacco in the United States was 49,
900 acres. The crop that year
amounted to 58o,000,000 pounds. val.
ued at S40,000,000. In 1885 the
area under tobacco cultivation was
1920 acres. The crop that year
amounted to 562.736, 900 pounds, val
ued at $43,265,59S. The yield varies
all the way up from All pounds in
North Carolina to 1920 pounds per
acre in Connecticut, where fertilizers
are largely used. The State of Ken
lucky grows 35 per cent. of the entire
tobacco crop Of the country.
The manufacture of tobacco in this
country increased in value from Sl3,-
100000 in 1880 to Sl17,000,000 in
1880. There are at present in the
United States AT factories where
chewing and smoking tobacco and
snuff are manufactured, and I 145 for
the manufacture of cigars and cigar
cites. The capital invested in the
latter is S21,69S,549, and IL the for
mer, S17,207,40l. There are EN-.
ployed in these cigar and cigarette
factories 49.207 persons over Is years
of age, and 4,O90 under Is; and in
the other tobacco works 25.661 per.
sons over Is years Of age, and 1904
under is. The total annual value Of
the products of the cigar and cigar
cite factories is $6s, $3.50, ,565, and of
the other tobacco establishments
S52,793,056. San Francisco has l47
tobacco works, with a capital invest
ed of Sl,6S7,6O with 1920 persons
over Is years of age, and 1913 under
Is, employed. The value of the pro-
duc.s of these factories is So, 720,8l3.
In Chicago there are 290 tobacco
works, the value of the products
being $3,500,000. In New York
there are 761 cigar and cigarette fac.
tories, and II other tobacco estab'
lishments, with q capital invested Of
S6,S0O,0O0. 1854 persons over Is
years of age, and 524 under Is, are
employed. The value of the products
of the cigar and cigarette works
amounts to s1S,347J0S, and of the
other works to S4,320,972.
In Baltimore there are 339 facto.
ries for the manufacture Of chewing
and smoking tobacco and snuff, with
a capital invested of Sl,l70,s82. The
value of the products equals $685.
43S. In these establishments are
employed 2,O92 persons over Is years
of age and 212 under Is. For the
manufacture of cigars and cigarettes
in the same city there are 329 facto'
ries, with capital invested of $685.
2S2. The value OF the products
amounts to $l,55l,0l4. In these
works are employed l,165 persons
over Is years of age, and 81 under 10.
The factories Of the Lorillard to-
bacco works, erected in 1875 in Jer'
sey City, and covering two large
blocks, are said TO be the largest OF
the kind in the world. Here 2,5OC
men, women and children are kept
constantly employed. A few years
after the erection of the great build.
ings the sale of the Lorillard plug to
bacco exceeded 100000 pounds
while the sales of the snuff and other
manufactured tobacco aggregated
over 100000 pounds. The firm
paid revenue to the Government
amounting to S3,500,000. No State
in the Union, save Virginia only
manufactured so much, or paid sc
large tax.
The value OF the exports of tobacco
for two years, ended June 30, 1886
was s3O,424,9OS. Thirty.four pei
cent. of our internal revenue has beer
paid by the tobacco tax. The tobac
co crop is one thai rapidly ex1austs
the land. For every 1000 pounds
of The plant grown, 1O2 pounds of the
most valuable constituents of the sol
are carried away. For this reason
while at present fruitful source OF
revenue to the Government, il; vii
prove before many years to be great
ly detrimental to our national pros
perity.
Cigar consumption has Increased
,;,oo 1Q- 4 or tho rotu of naQrlv 80